Mummers, Masks & Mischief
- Year:
- 2005
- Details:
- 25 mins
- Filed under:
- DVDs
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Mumming is an age old tradition of folk drama, which has been practiced in various guises throughout Ireland and England for hundreds of years.
Often referred to as a dying tradition, it’s hard to think of it in such terms, when you come into contact with the unruly bunch of reprobates who call themselves the Aughakillymaude mummers!
These Fermanagh-based mummers approached us because they wanted their work put on the record. Or maybe it was because they wanted a film for educational purposes; to show in schools, and to exhibit in their centre. Or was it, as ‘Captain Mummer’ says, for propaganda purposes?
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